An appeal has been filed of the Hood River County Community Development Department’s approval of a commercial/industrial land use permit for a hotel that is a part of the DeeTour project.  Community Development Director John Roberts confirmed that the Hood River Valley Residents Committee had filed an appeal of the permit for the 50 room hotel.  Elements of the appeal include a call for more depth of study on traffic impacts, the burden on emergency services, and cumulative impacts, and protests the deferral of some of the approval criteria for the permit.  Roberts says they will be scheduling a date for the appeal hearing, probably in late April or early May.  The DeeTour project, which also includes a concert amphitheater, is being put together by Apollo Land Holding.  It would be located on the site of the old Dee lumber mill.